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For many women, strength training is empowering, improving confidence and body image.
You may have heard lifting weights stunts children’s growth and leads to injuries – but this isn’t the case.
Shorter bouts of exercise – as little as 20 seconds at a time – could do you a world of good.
You could consider prioritising compound exercises if you’re time poor, interested in healthy ageing and looking for an efficient way to train many muscles and joints in the one workout.
Gym equipment has multiple surfaces, nooks and crannies – all of which come into contact with many unwashed hands and sweaty bodies
Taking selfies is a normal part of daily life for millions of social media users. But doing so while exercising at the gym can be harmful.
While dead hangs may be OK for people with good upper-body strength and no shoulder problems, they can be risky for some.
If you can’t lift heavy or it’s not your thing, please don’t think lifting lighter weights is a waste of time.
Picture yourself at the gym. It might be confined, people are huffing and puffing, everyone is moving around. And that’s before you hit the showers and change room.
Keen to get back to the gym? Be careful. It’s easy to get injured if you’ve been inactive.
If you’re itching to get back to the gym when it re-opens, here’s what you can do to protect yourself and others from COVID-19.
Gym memberships spike as people make their New Year’s resolutions – but very few people will actually use them past February.
Men are feeling more and more pressure to get rid of their love handles and beer bellies – and heavy promotion of unrealistic appearance standards are to blame.
When you think of steroid users, it’s likely you picture a male in the gym with huge muscles. But all sorts of people use steroids for all sorts of reasons.
Many people drink coffee for that extra bit of energy to go about their day. As well as sharpening our minds, there’s evidence caffeine can give us a physical boost, too.
Where to start amid all the equipment, classes and lycra.
Drinking coffee before exercising could make you run faster and lift heavier - if you’ve the right genes.
A new study has found bodyweight exercises you can do at home are just as good as a gym workout.
Gym-goers are going crazy for these products. It’s time for a reality check.
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Lecturer in Exercise Physiology Across the Lifespan, Deakin University
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Alcohol and other drug specialist, University of New South Wales &, University of New England
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Professor of Nursing and Health Services Research, Avondale College of Higher Education
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Co-director of the Centre for Rural Criminology, University of New England
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Associate Professor, Director Cabrini Monash University Department of Nursing Research, Monash University
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Senior Lecturer, Exercise Physiology. School of Health Sciences, UNSW Sydney
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Assistant Professor, Exercise Science, City University of New York
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Associate professor & Scientia Fellow, Discipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health, UNSW Sydney
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Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Nutrition and Biochemistry, University of Hull
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Professor of Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences, Durham University
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Assistant Professor Sport and Exercise Science, University of Canberra
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Assistant Professor in Physiology and Biochemistry, University of Nottingham
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Associate professor in Sport and Exericse Science, Birmingham City University
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Associate Professor in Biology and Biomedical Science, Aston University
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Professor of Physical Activity, Lifestyle, and Population Health, University of Sydney
